# THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 801130
- **Other names:** MHF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 16, 1989
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=801130


## Contact

- **Address:** Studio 2, 197 Long Lane, London
- **Postcode:** SE1 4PD
- **Phone:** 020 7803 1100
- **Email:** info@mentalhealth.org.uk
- **Website:** www.mentalhealth.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE (I) TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OF ALL KINDS, THEIR PREVENTION, CAUSES, TREATMENT AND CARE PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH ARE MADE PUBLIC AND USED TO INFORM PUBLIC POLICY. (II) TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OF ALL KINDS AND PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF SUCH PERSONS. (III) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS WHO, BECAUSE OF STRESS, POVERTY OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, ARE AT RISK OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLES; AND (IV) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG FAMILIES OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

**Activities:** The Mental Health Foundation works to promote good mental health and to improve the lives of people affected by mental health problems. With prevention at the heart of what we do, we aim to find and address the sources of mental health problems so that people and communities can thrive.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £6683618 | £7352501 | £13233495 | 96 |
| March 31, 2024 | £7662018 | £8903524 | £14086965 | 110 |
| March 31, 2023 | £7373929 | £11061952 | £14855903 | 145 |
| March 31, 2022 | £10683590 | £10856940 | £18910566 | 136 |
| March 31, 2021 | £12870683 | £7910008 | £18495305 | 113 |



## Trustees

- **AISHA IQBAL SHEIKH-ANENE** (Chair) — appointed July 1, 2020
- Ayodeji Ogunyemi — appointed Sept. 19, 2025
- Dr Anna Zecharia — appointed Sept. 19, 2025
- Elizabeth Lockett — appointed Sept. 19, 2025
- Huma Maryam Malik — appointed May 26, 2022
- Laura Alice Earnshaw — appointed May 26, 2022
- Professor Gavin Davidson — appointed Jan. 1, 2021
- Richard Scothorne — appointed Jan. 1, 2021
- Sami Gichki — appointed Sept. 19, 2025
- Stephen William Workman — appointed July 1, 2019
- Thomas Mursell — appointed Sept. 19, 2025